About the Author

Beth Curtis was born and raised in Tennessee, where her family were among the first settlers. As she was growing up, it was not unusual for several generations of family to sit around the dinner table or on the front porch passing along stories of the past. As she listened to these old stories, she began to know and understand not only her family heritage, but the culture and traditions of her beloved state of Tennessee, and the part her family and families like hers took in shaping its history.